The last thing voters need is for Parliament to get fixated on yet another protracted Partygate investigation when energy costs are bankrupting individuals and small businesses, inflation is surging, and a terrible recession is imminent.
The Commons privileges committee’s investigation is already a fraud. By breaking the regulations, it has been made certain that Boris Johnson will be held accountable for lying to MPs about unlawful meetings taking place in No. 10, even if he did it unintentionally and apologized.
His adversaries are gloating, not the least of whom are spiteful Remainers who won’t be happy until Brexit’s symbol is dragged shamefully out of Westminster.
However, anybody who really adheres to the idea of natural justice ought to feel quite uneasy about the proceedings.
What’s worse is that this ruse has grave implications for our democracy.
His adversaries are gloating, especially spiteful Remainers who won’t be pleased until Brexit’s mascot is dragged shamefully out of Westminster.
But don’t just believe what the Daily Mail says. One of the nation’s most esteemed lawyers, Lord Pannick QC, is known to have such opinion.
Conventionally, a minister who is accused of lying before the House is only judged guilty if the lie was told on purpose. However, the committee deleted this clause in Mr. Johnson’s case, making it simpler to penalize him.
It’s said that Lord Pannick came to the tragic conclusion that doing so would create a bad precedent and put future parliamentary sessions in jeopardy.
How so? In the Commons, ministers respond to many queries. They are less inclined to be honest if they worry that inadvertently revealing a lie may ruin their job. And as a result, it would be more difficult to hold governments accountable.
Naturally, some could regard Lord Pannick as a patsy for No. 10 or a Tory puppet.
However, that would be ridiculous and incorrect. He has acted against the Government in the past, most notably in the Supreme Court case to stop Brexit.
Not exactly a Boris supporter, then. However, it is becoming more and more obvious that this kangaroo court is an abhorrent insult to justice and must be abolished.
With energy bills ruining households and small firms, inflation galloping and a painful recession looming, the last thing voters need is Parliament obsessed by another interminable Partygate probe
Shake Covid stupor
It is wonderful news that Britain’s Covid alert level has dropped from three (in wide circulation) to two for the first time (transmission is declining).
There are fewer illnesses and hospitalizations as a result. It’s true—the winter virus season is coming. However, coronavirus will be avoided owing to our unrivaled vaccination program.
Which raises the question: Why do so many white-collar workers in Britain, including numerous spoiled public employees, still work from home if the sickness no longer represents an existential threat?
This is detrimental to the economy, those seeking appointments, city center companies that depend on foot traffic, and the professional advancement of young employees.
If we don’t break our habit of staying in, society will suffer greatly.
Police farce, not force
There is a sharp decline in public confidence in police protection, and it is understandable why.
In the past, if someone reported a crime, they might anticipate an officer to look into it. Now that Britain is engulfed in anarchy, they are more likely to get a shrug in return.
Two disturbing instances are in today’s newspaper. It is incomprehensible that Sussex Police, in spite of her pleadings, choose not to go into Colin English, who conned social services to get custody of a neighbor’s kid.
Mothers are policing the streets in Lancashire because police won’t shield their kids from vicious gang assaults.
Police chiefs are concerned with virtue-signaling and looking into fictitious thought crimes, notwithstanding their complaints about budget constraints.
The patient public is used to having a police force. They often have a police farce.